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RECORD NUMBER: 279 OF 1556

Main Title Effect of Simulated Acid Precipitation on Nitrogen Mineralization and Nitrification in Forest Soils.
Author Novick, N. J. ; Klein, T. M. ; Alexander, M. ;
CORP Author Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY. Dept. of Agronomy.;Corvallis Environmental Research Lab., OR.
Year Published 1984
Report Number EPA/600/J-84/347;
Stock Number PB86-131331
Additional Subjects Nitrification ; Acid rain ; Forestry ; Air pollution ; Soil properties ; Exposure ; pH ; Inorganic nitrates ; Ammonium compounds ; Grasses ; Reprints ;
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Abstract
After exposure of samples of three forest soils(pH 3.4 and 3.9) from the Adirondacks region of New York to 60, 230, or 400 cm of simulated rain of pH 3.5 or 5.6 in 4, 14 or 24 weeks, respectively, the soil samples were seperated into the 0 to 2 and 2 to 5 cm organic layers and further incubated. The rates of N mineralization in Woods soil exposed to the simulated precipitation were less for rain at pH 3.5 than at pH 5.6, but the inhibition decreased with increasing exposure of the 0 to 2 cm layer. In Panther soil, the rates of mineralization were usually not affected by the acidity of the simulated rain. In the upper layers of Sagamore soil, mineralization was not influenced by pH of the simulated rain, but the transformation was faster in the bottom layer of soil after prolonged exposure to simulated rain at pH 3.5 than at pH 5.6. (Copyright (c) 1984 by D. Reidel Publishing Company.)